BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32724@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240516T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240516T220000 DTSTAMP:20240422T231459Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/l-a-launch-stories-from-the-center- of-the-world-new-middle-east-fiction/ SUMMARY:L.A. Launch: Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_248265" align="alignnone" width="300"] Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction Event Promot ional Poster[/caption]\n\n \;\n\nLOS ANGELES\, CALIFORNIA \n\nPresent ed in partnership with The Markaz Review &\; City Lights\, editor Jorda n Elgrably and actor\, Reza Sixo Safai read from Stories from the Center o f the World: New Middle East Fiction (City Lights\, 2024)\, an anthology o f new short stories from 25 emerging and established writers from the grea ter Middle East (or SWANA)\, a vast region that stretches from Southwest A sia\, through the Middle East and Turkey\, and across Northern Africa. The 25 authors included here come from a wide range of cultures and countries \, including Palestine\, Syria\, Pakistan\, Iran\, Lebanon\, Egypt\, and M orocco\, to name some.\; a unique collection of voices and viewpoints that illuminate life in the global Arab/Muslim world.\n\nAfter the readings in The Wanda Coleman Theater join us for book signings with the authors\, an d a reception with light refreshments in the Poets’ Garden.\n\nDoors Ope n: 7:30 PM\n\nReadings: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM\n\nReception: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM \n\nContributors to the anthology include: Salar Abdoh\, Leila Aboulela\, Farah Ahamed\, Omar El Akkad\, Sarah AlKahly-Mills\, Nektaria Anastasiadou \, Amany Kamal Eldin\, Jordan Elgrably\, Omar Foda\, May Haddad\, Danial H aghighi\, Malu Halasa\, MK Harb\, Alireza Iranmehr\, Karim Kattan\, Hanif Kureishi\, Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi\, Diary Marif\, Tariq Mehmood\, Sahar Must afah\, Mohammed Al-Naas\, Ahmed Naji\, Mai Al-Nakib\, Abdellah Taia\, and Natasha Tynes\n\n“Provocative and subtle\, nuanced and surprising\, thes e stories demonstrate how this complicated and rich region might best be a pproached–through the power of literature.”\n\n–Viet Thanh Nguyen\, author of The Committed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/04/Stores-from-the-Center-of-the-World-New-Middle-East-Fiction-Event-P romotional-Poster-.png LOCATION:Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center\, 681 Venice Boulevard\, Los A ngeles\, CA\, 90291\, United States GEO:33.991326;-118.45888560000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=681 Venice Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90291\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Beyond Bar oque Literary Arts Center:geo:33.991326,-118.45888560000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR